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After a discussion upon the propriety of the Society purchasing a 

 piece of ground for the purpose of holding the Annual Fairs, <fec., the 

 meeting determined upon authorizing a committee to negotiate for a 

 suitable lot, when found ; and Messrs. Levi Walker, Waraer Lake and 

 A. B. Pratt, were appointed such committee, to examine and report to 

 the Executive Committee where a suitable piece of land can be pro- 

 cured. 



The Executive Committee held their first meeting on the 10th of 

 March. In considering the list of premiums for competition at the 

 Annual Fair, the committee deemed that it would be for the interest of 

 the Society to increase the number of premiums, and in the following, 

 which was adopted after mature deliberation, will be found additions to 

 the premiums offered the previous year, in the classes — Farms, Horses, 

 Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Farming Implements, Miscellaneous, Fruit? 

 Field Crops, Samples of Field Crops, and Plowing. 



LIST OF PREMIUMS, 



To be awarded at the Annual Fair of the Genesee County Agi'icultu- 

 ral Society, to be held on the 5th and 6th days of October, 1853: 



FARMS. 



Best cultivated farm, not less than 40 acres, and not less than 



25 cultivated acres, _ $5 00 



2d best, do 4 00 



3d" do 3 00 



Viewing Committee on Farms. — John L. Gage, Henry Schram and 

 Gurdon Watrous. 



Competitors for the prentiiums on farms, are required to notify the 

 Recording Secretary of their intention to offer their farms in competition, 

 on or before the first day of June next. 



The Viewing Committee are requested to visit the farms entered for 

 competition, during the last week of June next. 



CATTLE. 



1. Best full-blooded short homed Durham bull, 1 year old or 



over, *5 00 



2. Best full-blooded Devon bull, 1 year old or over, 5 00 



